Pokémon Rumble Rush is the latest in a line of Pokémon Rumble games, where players are tasked to battle through short stages with their pint-sized buddy Pokémon, attacking hostile 'mon along the way in the quest to catch ‘em all.
Despite this not being the first Pokémon Rumble game, it’s the first to...

Burmy is one of the more confusing creatures to collect in Pokémon GO, and indeed in the Pokémon series as a whole. Originating from the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl games available on Nintendo DS, Burmy was first released into Pokémon GO on 17th May, causing all sorts of confusion among players.
At first,...

What are the best Pokémon games? Ranking such awesome games proved a lot more difficult than we first anticipated, given how most of them ended up being crowned as the best games of their particular generation.
But we did due diligence, taking into account our own review scores, your user scores, and the opinions of...

After months and months of waiting, the last of the non-legendary Pokémon from Generation 4 have finally arrived in Pokémon GO. The update has introduced another two evolutions for the super versatile Eevee - Leafeon and Glaceon.
Both of these Pokémon were first seen in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, giving players more ways...

Eevee is one of the most popular evolution candidates in Pokémon GO, and for good reason. This adorable monster can evolve into a whopping eight different forms – heck, it even has its own Tamagotchi!
This cute little beast may have some serious hidden talents, but at the time of writing seven of its famous 'Eeveelutions' are...

A while back, we reported on the news that two of the world's most famous 'virtual pet' brands – Pokémon and Tamagotchi – were joining forces in the form of Eevee x Tamagotchi, a keyring-sized gadget which contains (you guessed it) your very own monochrome Eevee to look after. Now, several months after...

Ever since the release of Pokémon GO in the summer of 2016, the Pokémon brand has been going through a period of transition. There’s been a handful of mobile games ranging from the simplistic Magikarp Jump to the surprisingly complex Pokémon Duel. We’ve seen the company’s...

Three years ago, as we approached the reveal of Pokémon’s seventh generation and its 20th anniversary, we looked back on all previous six generations of Pokémon. Now, three years later, as we approach the end of the seventh generation and the inevitable reveal of the next generation, it’s time to look...

While it's by no means written in stone, a recent datamine suggests that we may soon be playing SNES games on our beloved Switch consoles via the wonder of Nintendo Switch Online.
The games uncovered in this datamine are Super Mario Kart, Super Soccer,

Evolution items in Pokémon GO aren't anything new – we've had items like Metal Coat and Dragon Scale for ages – but the recent introduction of the Sinnoh Stone has caused quite a stir, mainly because this exclusive item is the only way to evolve several different 'mon into more...

PvP is finally coming to Pokémon GO, a feature fans have been desperate for since it launched back in 2016. When it launches later this month, you'll be able to challenge friends and strangers alike to see who has the most powerful Pokémon. Do so and you'll earn a bunch of new rewards and probably have a bunch of fun...

It's been a huge month for Pokémon with the release of Pokémon: Let's Go launching on Nintendo Switch. Whilst we reviewed the game positively, some fans were annoyed with the game despite the developers making it clear that the next real Pokémon game will be due next year.

Want to catch the legendary Pokémon Articuno in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!? We can help with that! This Ice / Flying type is just one of three legendary Pokémon in Let's Go, alongside Zapdos and Moltres.
In this guide, we're going to detail exactly how to catch Articuno,...

Pokémon’s stat system has been the same since 2002, with monsters gaining EVs in combat which are then used to determine a power boost which scales based on the Pokémon’s level. With Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu & Let’s Go, Eevee having no 'wild' and randomised combat, the system has changed once...

If you played Pokémon Red, Blue or Yellow back in the day, you'll know all about the fabled Power Plant. Here, you could capture yourself a level 50 Zapdos, challenge the Elite Four and grab yourself a TM 25. That's some nice little treasures for a short, optional dungeon!
The Power Plant makes a welcome return...

If a huge part of the reason you nabbed a copy of Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! is because you're a mega fan of Pokémon GO, you might feel a little lost as to how to check a Pokémon's IVs.
This was infamously tricky in the mobile game too, as you had to use a third party IV tracker to get an accurate result...

Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In this piece, Serebii owner and Nintendo Life contributor Joe Merrick finally addresses the topic of Pokémon: Let's Go sales figures...
Pokémon Let’s Go...

Niantic has made no secret of the fact you can connect Pokémon GO to Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, allowing you to transfer your favourite monsters between your phone and Nintendo Switch.
There are numerous benefits for doing this, like earning bonus XP and Candy, the Mystery Box item, and to see...

Chaining successful captures and defeats has been a thing in Pokémon since Diamond & Pearl with the PokéRadar item, but Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu! & Let’s Go, Eevee! have brought it back to the forefront, with the whole system being made crystal-clear via the new Catch Combo mechanic.
As there are no 'wild'...

Red is a character who surely needs no introduction to Pokémon fans. Red was a character from the very first Game Boy entries, and has become something of an icon for veteran players.
Red appears in Pokémon: Let's Go, but is only found in one location: Indigo Plateau.
Don't expect Red to simply appear, though - he will only...

Whenever a new Pokémon game arrives, one of the first questions players have is about where they can find their favourite monster.
With Pokémon: Let's Go - which strips the PokéDex right back to the original 151 'mon - this usually means focusing on the 'classic' beasts, including Bulbasaur, Charmander and...

The launch of the Poké Ball Plus has given Pokémon GO players yet another option when it comes to expanding their gameplay experience and making it easier than ever to catch those monsters, boost those levels and spin those Pokéstops.
The first unit to hit the market - the much-delayed Pokémon GO Plus - has been...

Nintendo – perhaps unlike any other games company – understands the connection between video gaming and the physical world. That might sound like a rather silly statement to make as every firm involved in the making of interactive entertainment has to consider how the player will interact physically with the game itself, but with...

The moment we’ve all been waiting for is nearly here. Undoubtedly, one of the two biggest Nintendo Switch games of the year, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! launches in just over two weeks, so there’s not long left to ensure you’ve got yourself a copy.
Uber fans will probably want more than just the game...

Paul Davies is a game design consultant, editorial manager and writer who has been working in the UK games industry since the early '90s. During his career, he has edited best-selling publications such as Nintendo Magazine System and Computer & Video Games, and has contributed to countless other sites and magazines...

Pokémon GO simplified the evolution system for most Pokémon so casual players and new fans alike wouldn't have to dig quite so deep as in the mainline games to power up their favourite monsters. Rather than perform a bunch of obtuse steps, now you simply just have to collect a bunch of Candy to trigger an evolution.
Each Pokémon...

Meltan is a brand new Pokémon coming soon to Pokémon GO and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. It's the only generation eight monster that we know about so far, and The Pokémon Company chose to announce it in a completely unprecedented manner. Right after the September Community Day concluded, Meltan appeared in...

If you're really into gym battles in Pokémon GO, you'll likely have a bunch of Poké Coins lying around and nothing to spend them on. Sure, you could buy another incubator, but you've got enough Pokémon as it is!
So why not deck your character out in a bunch of new threads? Pokémon GO has a wide variety of clothes to wear,...

Pokémon GO finally received its hotly-anticipated Gen 4 update yesterday, introducing a bunch of new monsters into the various facets of the game for you to catch all over again. Not all of the 107 Gen 4 Pokémon are available from the get-go, though. Instead, the rest will roll out intermittently, just like Niantic did with the...

Wed 17th Oct, 2018 13:00 BST: Updated with the recent gen 4 raid bosses and the best counters. We've also streamlined the counters by only including the best three. That way there's a bit less clutter.
Raids in Pokémon GO require teamwork from all nearby players to bring down powerful Pokémon known as Raid Bosses.
Not only do...

Wed 17th Oct, 2018 12:00 BST: We've updated this list to highlight the gen 4 Pokémon that you can currently find in Pokémon GO. Luxray and below are not currently available, while everything above is. We'll keep this updated.
Niantic has confirmed that Gen 4 Pokémon will arrive soon in Pokémon GO, and we...

Niantic and The Pokémon Company has just announced that Gen 4 will make its way into Pokémon GO soon, sparking a frenzy of excitement in all fans. For the uninitiated, that's the collection of monsters from the Sinnoh region that first made an appearance in Pokémon Diamond & Pearl.
We don't know exactly when the new Pokémon...

The new main series Pokémon games, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee!, have divided fan opinion since they were first revealed. While many core fans feel things have been simplified too much, the fact that this pair of Switch exclusives are so approachable opens things up to...

The mythical Pokémon Deoxys has finally made its way into Pokémon GO, stirring up the meta and providing us with a second EX Raid to battle our way through in the hopes of catching it.
What's most interesting about Deoxys is that there are four unique formes it can take that completely shake up how it...

Play Pokémon GO for long enough, and sooner or later you'll want to get involved in gym battles. This is where you get to put your Pokémon's fighting prowess to the test, battling other players and Pokémon to take over gyms and then defending them.
Raids provide a similar kind of challenge, often pitting you against the most...

Shiny Pokémon are as elusive and mysterious in Pokémon GO as you'd expect. They started rolling out last year in March with Shiny Magikarp and Red Gyaradaos, but now number at almost 100.
They're so rare though, that it might well be a long while before you encounter one – if you encounter one at all. In this guide, we're going...

Updated with new 7km egg hatches and a section on potential changes to this list.
Hatching eggs in Pokémon GO is one of the most reliable methods of obtaining new Pokémon. You can collect eggs from PokéStops and Gifts, and hatch them by using an incubator. You have one of these by default but can collect more...

Updated with the different Spinda forms.
Niantic has recently added Spinda to Pokémon GO, bringing us one step closer to having all of the Gen 3 Pokémon in the hit mobile game.
The crazy thing about Spinda is that the pattern on its body is random for every single catch, and there's apparently over four billion different...

Each Pokémon in Pokémon GO has three IVs, or Individual Values, which determine that particular Pokémon's HP, defence, and attack scores. These are determined at random, and there's no way at present to change a Pokémon's IVs directly.
IVs in Pokémon GO are almost as mysterious as Legendary Pokémon. You know they're there because...

Celebi has finally made an appearance in Pokémon GO, and joins Mew as one of only two Mythical Pokémon in the game to date. Much like Mew, you also unlock Celebi through a lengthy Special Research Quest.
It's called A Ripple In Time, and it acts very similarly to A Mythical Discovery. You have to perform a series of objectives that...

Lucky Pokémon have finally been introduced into Pokémon GO, so it's time to catch 'em all over again!
In this guide, we're going to briefly explain the differences between a Lucky and regular Pokémon, and take a look at how you can catch these brand new critters.
What Are Lucky Pokémon?:
Lucky Pokémon are a new type...

Back in March, Niantic finally added the mythical Pokémon Mew to Pokémon GO with the introduction of research quests. These come in two different forms: Field Research and Special Research, and provide you with regular rewards for completing objectives.
A Mythical Discovery was, at the time, the only Special Research quest available in...

Updated with more Pokémon forms Ditto can take, how Transform works, how to counter Ditto in a gym, and reliable catching methods.
Ditto is an absolute nightmare for collectors in Pokémon GO. It's a very tricky monster to catch because it hides in plain sight, pretending to be another Pokémon entirely, and only revealing...

How do you catch Pokémon in Pokémon GO? By throwing Poké Balls at them, of course! Well, it's not quite as simple as that. Different Poké Balls have different capture rates, for example, and you can increase the capture rate further depending on how you throw one and by using items.
Many Pokémon are super easy to catch, and it...

In the latter half of last year, Niantic finally introduced the third generation of Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a result, the bug type Pokémon Wurmple could finally evolve into Silcoon or Cascoon, who would in turn evolve into Beautifly or Dustox respectively.
Let's address the elephant in the room right away though: it doesn't...

Since 2004, the Pokémon World Championships have been a place where the best Pokémon players from all over the world have come to see which player is the very best, like no-one ever was. This year, the event took place in the Music City itself: Nashville, Tennessee.
This year, to go with the...

The introduction of a 'Friendship' system in Pokémon GO is one of the biggest changes since the game began; not only can you now trade monsters with other players (and fill those pesky gaps in your Pokédex) but it's also possible to gain loads of valuable experience points by exchanging gifts and trading with one another, and when...

Niantic has confirmed that Gen 4 Pokémon will arrive soon in Pokémon GO, and we can barely stand to wait. That's the monsters that originally made an appearance in Pokémon Diamond & Pearl, which took place in the Sinnoh region in case you didn't know that already.
Sadly, we have no idea when these new Pokémon...

The Pokéball Plus may be the year's hottest accessory for Pokéman fans, but peripheral maker Datel has released a device which, if you're only looking to play Pokémon GO, could end up being more appealing. The Go-tcha Ranger is the sequel to the standard (and totally unofficial) Go-tcha, which b

Forget the World Cup – the Pokémon GO Summer Tour 2018 is this year's most exciting event, and it kicks off in just shy of a fortnight with events taking place in Chicago, Dortmund, and Yokosuka throughout the summer.
You can still join in the fun if you can't make it to any of the participating locations though. During specific...

Since my first playthrough of Pokémon Blue back in 1998, I’ve had a bit of an on-again, off-again relationship with Game Freak’s monster-collecting magnum opus. I certainly consider myself to be a fan, but I haven’t finished a main game since SoulSilver, and a 2016 summer spent scouring the countryside for Kanto critters in...

Suffice to say, fans were suitably surprised when Nintendo lifted the lid on Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee!; instead of the follow-up generation to Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon that many expected, Nintendo teased a reimagining of one of the first games, with some Pokémon GO...

Update: Updated with The Pokémon Company's President Tsunekazu Ishihara's recent reveals in Famitsu magazine.
If there's one thing we know for sure about Pokémon on the Switch, it's that it's definitely happening. In fact, The Pokémon Company already announced it back in 2017, during the E3...

If you want to 'catch 'em all' in Pokémon Quest, you've got to learn to cook. Curiously, that's the way you lure and subsequently catch Pokémon in this iteration. You gather ingredients while out on expeditions, and combine them together at your base to create a bunch of different recipes.
Each recipe will attract a different type of...

Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In today's article, staff writer Ryan explores the new approach to gameplay found in the upcoming Pokémon games and why they might just be the moment of relief the...

Pokémon Quest is a free to start game, which means that at some point you're probably going to have to drop a bit of cash to get the most out of it. You can comfortably play for free, but your progress will be super duper slow unless you buy an expedition pack or three.
There is a way you can mitigate this though, and that's...

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have finally revealed more of their plans for the future of Pokémon at the Pokémon 2018 Video Game Press Conference, and it looks very bright indeed. While we were all speculating about the announced Pokémon on Switch, Nintendo hoodwinked us and announced a whopping three titles for the hot new...

Pokémon Quest is a brand new free to play RPG on Nintendo Switch that challenges you to collect your favourite Pokémon and send them out on adventures. During these, they'll battle other Pokémon and gather items you can use to increase their power or discover new Pokémon.
It's a simple affair that hides an...

Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In today's article, resident Pokémon expert and webmaster of Serebii Joe Merrick ponders if Pokémon GO and the mainline Pokémon games can...

Catching the right Pokémon, training it, and evolving it is only half the battle in Pokémon GO. Arguably, the most important aspect of a Pokémon is its moves, as you can bring down a much more powerful Pokémon if yours has the better moveset.
It gets a little bit more complicated when you realise that there are two different types of...

Pokémon fans who've been around since the very beginning will absolutely adore the latest event that just kicked off in Pokémon GO. It's Kanto Week, and it celebrates all of the original Pokémon that we fell madly in love with all the way back in 1996.
In this guide we're going to cover the Kanto Event in great...

Pokémon GO has just received a sizeable update that introduces a variety of research quests. These give you a perfect reason to return each day, as you'll earn some excellent rewards for completing them.
There are three different types of research quests: field research, research breakthroughs, and special research. Each different...

Pokémon GO is all about catching Pokémon, and there are a lot of them. Right now, Gen 1, 2, and most of 3 are available in the game, which should keep you very busy until the rest make it.
To help you catch them all, we've put together a complete list of Pokémon by Gen, but split them up into lists of 50 to help keep it...

Pokémon GO is all about catching Pokémon, and there are a lot of them. Right now, Gen 1, 2, and most of 3 are available in the game, which should keep you very busy until the rest make it.
To help you catch them all, we've put together a complete list of Pokémon by Gen, but split them up into lists of 50 to help keep it...

Pokémon GO is all about catching Pokémon, and there are a lot of them. Right now, Gen 1, 2, and most of 3 are available in the game, which should keep you very busy until the rest make it.
To help you catch them all, we've put together a complete list of Pokémon by Gen, but split them up into lists of 50 to help keep it...

Pokémon GO is all about catching Pokémon, and there are a lot of them. Right now, Gen 1, 2, and most of 3 are available in the game, which should keep you very busy until the rest make it.
To help you catch them all, we've put together a complete list of Pokémon by Gen, but split them up into lists of 50 to help keep it...

Pokémon GO is all about catching Pokémon, and there are a lot of them. Right now, Gen 1, 2, and most of 3 are available in the game, which should keep you very busy until the rest make it.
To help you catch them all, we've put together a complete list of Pokémon by Gen, but split them up into lists of 50 to help keep it...

Pokémon GO is all about catching Pokémon, and there are a lot of them. Right now, Gen 1, 2, and most of 3 are available in the game, which should keep you very busy until the rest make it.
To help you catch them all, we've put together a complete list of Pokémon by Gen, but split them up into lists of 50 to help keep it...

Pokémon GO is all about catching Pokémon, and there are a lot of them. Right now, Gen 1, 2, and most of 3 are available in the game, which should keep you very busy until the rest make it.
To help you catch them all, we've put together a complete list of Pokémon by Gen, but split them up into lists of 50 to help keep it...

Pokémon GO is all about catching Pokémon, and there are a lot of them. Right now, Gen 1, 2, and most of 3 are available in the game, which should keep you very busy until the rest make it.
To help you catch them all, we've put together a complete list of Pokémon by Gen, but split them up into lists of 50 to help keep it...

The super incubator was a new type of incubator introduced in Pokémon GO back in the September equinox event. As you might suspect, it speeds up hatching by applying a distance multiplier, which basically requires you to walk less to meet the hatching requirements.
In this guide, we're going to go through exactly how the super...

Castform is a curious type of Pokémon in Pokémon GO, in that it has four different forms you can catch. The form you encounter depends on the weather you're experiencing in the real world at the time you try to catch it.
In this guide, we're going to explain exactly how to catch each of the four different forms of Castform...

If you want to evolve your Pokémon in Pokémon GO, you're going to need stardust – and an awful lot of it. That's fine at the beginning, when you only have a few Pokémon, but when your collection grows into the hundreds, you're going to find it at very short supply.
That's why we've compiled this guide, to help you gather...

Soapbox features allow our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In this piece, Pokémon fanatic Arjun talks about his recent disappointment with the mainline titles in the series, and his hopes for the...